You’ll need to reread the following grievance. It’s perplexing in advance of the final weekend at this European Championship.

Poland, a side that didn’t lose a match in regulation at Euro 2016, was eliminated by semifinalist Portugal, a side that hasn’t won a match in regulation. Take a moment, if you will, and ponder that statement.

Rules are rules, of course, but undoubtedly tweaks need to be made to the FIFA Laws of the Game. Soccer’s extra time and shootout “issues” are becoming fairly mainstream. Fans don’t like them. Soccer’s tie-breaking schemes are as tired as Gabor Kiraly’s sweatpants.

In soccer, extra time has become a moment of dread. Even the most ardent soccer supporters don’t particularly like the prospect of watching a group of entirely-too-exhausted teams essentially play for penalties.

For instance, take this European Championship, where three of the four matches that entered extra time ended with spot kicks. The one that didn’t — Portugal-Croatia — was three minutes from ending goalless.

A similar issue existed two years ago at the World Cup, where quarterfinal and semifinal matches ended in penalties — the equivalent of having an NBA team decide a game from the free-throw line.

Penalties undoubtedly leave us wanting more. They give sides like Poland an excuse to sit back and roll the dice with their goalkeepers. That World Cup championships have been decided in this manner is downright preposterous.

At a basic level, soccer’s governing bodies should, at the very least, go back to a Golden Goal situation that’s akin to how the NHL decides games in overtime. Not that it would change much, but it’s a start.

As we’ve seen at Euro 2016, the real problem lies in that a majority of sides refuse to “go for it” in extra time. Like Poland, they sit back, relax, do their best not to concede, while hoping for penalties. Opening up is too risky.

So why not open things up for them? First and foremost, give teams additional substitutes in extra time. More fresh legs equals more pace and energy. After that, reduce the number of players by one every quarter-hour until it’s 7-on-7, the minimum number of players required to be on the pitch.

There’s any number of possibilities. Anything to save us from having to watch another dull and drawn out half-hour of extra time soccer in which both sides are resigned to simply relying on their goalkeepers to get them through.

Then there are more minor grievances here at Euro 2016. That Welsh star Aaron Ramsey is missing Wednesday night’s semifinal after picking up just his second caution at the tournament is outrageous. Welsh manager Chris Coleman spoke out on the subject after topping Belgium.

Viewers — the people who really matter in all of this — don’t want to watch a Cup semifinal in which rosters are pillaged by silly yellow card restrictions. Both UEFA and FIFA need to look at altering this at major tournaments.

A simple solution: Erase the yellow card slate following the Round of 16, making everyone available to feature in a quarterfinal. Back-to-back yellows in the quarters and semis, though, will result in a suspension for the final. It’s just more sensible.

The spirit of the rule was to put an emphasis on attacking. It was implemented so less-talented sides couldn’t afford to be too sinister. Instead, it has backfired, and it’s punishing honest players like Ramsey and Ben Davies.

But the fact Wales remains in this competition is a testament to the fact perceived smaller sides belong at this competition — sentiment Iceland manager Lars Lagerback backed on his way home from the tournament.

There are legitimate concerns, however, as to whether a 24-team tournament makes sense. Not because of quality. Rather, because the format diminished the competitive spirit during the group phase.

Imagine Turkey progressing on three points and a minus-2 goal-difference simply because it topped the worst team in Group D. It would have happened if Northern Ireland didn’t ride its luck against Germany.

But instead of reducing the tournament back down to 16 teams, why not 20? Organize a group stage featuring four groups of five teams. The two top finishers in each group advance to the quarterfinals.

It would allow smaller sides — like Iceland, Wales and Northern Ireland — to continue qualifying for this event while producing a better group stage with more proactive soccer due to teams needing to collect, at minimum, two wins.

I’m not against a 24-team tournament. I’m against teams knowing they can still progress with a pair of narrow losses.

Or, in Portugal’s case, no regulation wins whatsoever.

TOP UEFA REFEREE COMMENDS EURO OFFICIATING

Like it or not, referees often are among the most important participants on the pitch. They change games with good and bad calls. A single whistle can send a team home from a major tournament.

Somehow, though, referees at this European Championship have remained anonymous. They’ve been so good that UEFA’s top referee was asked to provide an explanation on the subject.

"We are happy with the performances of all these referees,” legendary referee Pierluigi Collina said, according to AP.

Collina, the head honcho of UEFA’s referees, explained they’re doing something new this year. Officials for each match are provided a one-hour session with a tactical and technical observer who analyzes the teams they’re going to referee.

“We have always tried to improve the standard of their performances and thought this was possible if the referee knows more about the match that they are going to referee, because then you are one step ahead,” Collina added.

Collina did, however, say that the penalty Croatian ‘keeper Danijel Subasic saved against Spain should have been retaken. Subasic was miles off his line before Sergio Ramos struck it.